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EPISODE · May 18, 2026 · 20 MIN

How Did Kouri Richins Respond When Her Kids Asked the Court To Keep Her Away?

from The Case Against Kouri Richins · host Hidden Killers Podcast

Every one of those boys said the same thing: keep her away. Their words were read by therapists because the children couldn’t stand in that courtroom. They described locked doors, animals left to die, a brother smuggling food to a sibling isolated in his own bedroom, and years of being afraid.Kouri Richins heard all of that and then delivered a forty-minute speech that didn’t acknowledge a single word. She announced her appeal, told the judge “our justice system will get this right, although this courtroom can’t seem to,” and told the jury they decided her family’s future too fast. Then she turned to her boys and said she was coming home. She told them to stop trusting Katie and Clint — the family who took them in.Jennifer Coffindaffer and retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke examine what the total absence of acknowledgment tells us about what’s driving Kouri when she speaks, whether there’s any legal or strategic purpose to planting doubt about Eric’s death at her own sentencing, and the very specific way she admitted to being a flawed wife while refusing to concede the conviction itself. Coffindaffer and Dreeke also tackle the collision at the center of this hearing: children begging for protection on one side, a mother promising to come back on the other. Tony Brueski, Robin Dreeke, and Jennifer Coffindaffer.LINKS & DISCLAIMERJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.HASHTAGS#KouriRichins #KouriRichinsSentencing #EricRichins #JenniferCoffindaffer #RobinDreeke #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #Utah #Coffindaffer #JusticeForEric

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